Greta L. Boudreaux , center, is pictured with her daughters Emma, right, and Dani over a pot of her Good Ole Southern Style Jambalaya.

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Greta Boudreaux's jambalaya recipe was born in tradition, used in necessity and passed on to others as a gift.

Both Greta and her husband John grew up in Reserve, located along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Her grandparents, rice growers, taught her the value of wasting no food. That meant no two jambalayas were alike.

"When we were growing up we were taught to do something with your leftovers. Clean out your refrigerator and freezer. Lots of times we would make seafood jambalaya with what we had," she said. ...